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Bobby Brown

Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: October 25, 1924 in Seattle, WA us

Died: March 25, 2021 in Fort Worth, TX

Buried: Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, TX

High School: Galileo HS (San Francisco, CA)

Schools: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA), University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA), Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)

Debut: September 22, 1946 (Age 21-332d, 10,198th in major league history)
vs. PHA 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 30, 1954 (Age 29-248d)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Robert William Brown

Nicknames: Doc

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.7

1619

452

.279

233

RBI

237

OBP

.367

SLG

.376

OPS

.742

OPS+

100

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
2	3	Apr 19 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,16-7	GS	27	6.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
3	4	Apr 21	NYY		WSH	W,14-7	GS	38	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
4	8 (3)	Apr 27	NYY		BOS	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
5	10 (1)	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	13 (2)	May 6 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
7	15 (1)	May 7	NYY		DET	W,6-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
8	16	May 8	NYY		DET	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
9	18 (1)	May 11 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
10	19	May 11 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
11	21 (1)	May 13	NYY		PHA	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
12	22	May 14	NYY		PHA	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
13	24 (1)	May 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-9	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
14	26 (1)	May 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
15	27	May 21 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,14-5	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	3B
16	28	May 21 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,12-4	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
17	29	May 22	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
18	30	May 25	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
19	33 (2)	May 28 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
20	34	May 28 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	31	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	36 (1)	May 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	38 (1)	Jun 2	NYY		CHW	L,5-6	CG	53	12.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
23	41 (2)	Jun 4	NYY		CLE	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
24	42	Jun 5	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
25	45 (2)	Jun 8	NYY		DET	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
26	47 (1)	Jun 10	NYY		SLB	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	49 (1)	Jun 11 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	52 (2)	Jun 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
29	53	Jun 16	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
30	55 (1)	Jun 18 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,15-5	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
31	56	Jun 18 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
32	57	Jun 20	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
33	58	Jun 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
34	59	Jun 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
35	61 (1)	Jun 24	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
36	63 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	GS	28	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
37	66 (2)	Jun 29	NYY		WSH	L,7-12	CG	54	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
38	68 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	70 (1)	Jul 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,15-9	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
40	72 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,16-9	GS	35	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
41	80 (7)	Jul 15	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
42	81	Jul 16 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
43	82	Jul 16 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	3B
44	83	Jul 17	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	84	Jul 18	NYY		SLB	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
46	85	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,16-1	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
47	86	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	87	Jul 21	NYY		DET	W,14-5	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
49	88	Jul 22	NYY		DET	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
50	89	Jul 23	NYY		DET	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
51	90	Jul 25	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
52	91	Jul 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	92	Jul 27	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	42	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
54	94 (1)	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
55	96 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	97	Aug 1	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
57	98	Aug 2	NYY	@	DET	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
58	99	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
59	100	Aug 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,1-0	GS	26	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
60	101	Aug 5	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
61	102	Aug 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
62	106 (3)	Aug 11	NYY		PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
63	107	Aug 12	NYY		PHA	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
64	109 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-10	GF	10	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
65	114 (4)	Aug 19	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	GS	21	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
66	116 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	GS	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
67	117	Aug 22	NYY		DET	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
68	118	Aug 23	NYY		DET	W,7-5	GS	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
69	120 (1)	Aug 25	NYY		SLB	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
70	122 (1)	Aug 27	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
71	123	Aug 28	NYY		CHW	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	140 (16)	Sep 15	NYY	@	DET	L,7-9	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
73	141	Sep 16	NYY	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
74	142	Sep 17 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-6	GF	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	143	Sep 17 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
76	145 (1)	Sep 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
77	147 (1)	Sep 24	NYY		BOS	W,9-5	GS	32	7.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
78	148	Sep 25 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	151 (2)	Sep 26 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,10-7	GS	36	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
80	152	Sep 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	GS	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
81	153	Sep 28	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-6	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	155 (1)	Oct 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
							82gm		607.1	63	140	9	212	13